Vartul is a 2009 Indian short film written and directed by Santosh Ram and produced by Ramchandra Pundlikrao Marewad for Vivek Chitra Productions.
Vartul is a 2009 Indian short film written and directed by Santosh Ram and produced by Ramchandra Pundlikrao Marewad for Vivek Chitra Productions.
Vartul is a 2009 Indian short film written and directed by Santosh Ram and produced by Ramchandra Pundlikrao Marewad for Vivek Chitra Productions.
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Vartul is a 2009 Indian short film written and directed by Santosh Ram and produced by Ramchandra Pundlikrao Marewad for Vivek Chitra Productions.
Vartul (Circle) Promo
Vartul is a 2009 Indian short film written and directed by Santosh Ram and produced by Ramchandra Pundlikrao Marewad for Vivek Chitra Productions.
Vartul (Circle) By Santosh Ram
Vartul (circle)
Marathi/18 min 30 sec /35mm/ colour /2009 / India .
Director – Santosh Ram
Producer – Ramchandra Pundlikrao Marewad
Synopsis-
Damu(10year old boy) , leaves his home to buy Jagarry .On the way he meets his friend Manya . They stop at a Bioscopewallah. Damu realizes that he is not having enough money and he decides to earn some quick money . This greed takes him to play a game . After the game Damu goes to the shop . But he walk back with tearful eyes………
Prizes and Awards –
- 1. 4th International Short Film Festival of India 2010, Chennai, India
- 2. 2nd International Film Festival Nagpur 2011, Nagpur, India
- 3. The Best Director Award At Pune Short Film Festival 2011, Pune, India
- 4. Best Cinematography Award at Bengal Web Fair Short & Documentary Film Festival 2013, Kolkata (India)
- 5. The Best Film Award at 6th Goa Marathi Film Festival 2013, Goa, India.
- 6. Best Children Film Award at Malabar Short Film Festival 2013, Calicut (India )
- 7. Best Child Actor at Lakecity International Short Film Festival 2013, Bhopal (India )
- 8. Appreciation Award for Excellence in Film making at Kanyakumari International Film Festival 2013, Kanyakumari (India)
- 9. Jury Special Mention Award at Navi Mumbai International Film Festival 2014, Navi Mumbai (India)
- 10. Best Actor Award at 2nd Darbhanga International Film Festival 2014 (India)
- 11. Best Cinematographer Award at 2nd Darbhanga International Film Festival 2014 (India)
- 12. Best Short Film Award at Barshi Short Film Festival 2014 (India).
- 13. Best Short Film Award at 1st Maharashtra Short Film Festival 2014 (India) .
Nomination –
Mahrashtra Times Awards 2010
Film Festival selection –
- 1. 2nd Nashik International Film Festival 2009, Nashik, India
- 2. Third Eye 8th Asian Film Festival 2009, Mumbai, India
- 3. 11th Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival 2009, New Delhi, India
- 4. 7th Kalpanirjhar International Short Fiction Film Festival, Kolkata, India
- 5. 8th Pune International Film Festival 2010, Pune, India
- 6. 2nd Jaipur International Film Festival 2010,Jaipur, India
- 7. 9th International Social Communication Cinema Conference 2010, Kolkata, India
- 8. The Fourth National Short And Documentary Film Festival 2010, Karimnagar A.P., India
- 9. ViBGYOR International Film Festival 2010, Thrissur, Kerla, India
- 10. Kala Ghoda Arts Film Festival 2010, Mumbai (India)
- 11. 2nd CMS International Children’s Film Festival (6–12 April 2010), Lucknow, India
- 12. 2nd Thendhisai International Short Film Festival of Madurai 2010, Tamil Nadu, India
- 13. Third Eye 2nd Asian Film Festival 2010, Kolhapur, India
- 14. 12th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2010 (opening film)
- 15. Ankur Film Festival 2010, Nashik, India
- 16. Fourth International Short Film Festival of India 2010, Chennai, India
- 17. 3rd International Documentary and Short Film Festival Of Kerala, 2010, India
- 18. SCRIPT International Short Film Festival 2011, Kochi, India
- 19. 2nd International Film Festival Nagpur 2011, Nagpur, India
- 20. 1st Guwahati International Short Film Festival, 2011 Guwahati (India)
- 21. Pune Short Film Festival 2011 (India )
- 22. Pu La Utsav 2011 Pune (India)
- 23. International Short Film Festival 2011, Bhubaneswar, India
- 24. Gujarat International Short Film Festival 2011, Surat, India
- 25. 5th Chinh India Kids Film Festival 2011, New Delhi, India
- 26. Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2012, Greater Noida, India.
- 27. FFSI Short & Documentary Film Festival 2012 Kolkata (India ).
- 28. 4th Lahore International Children’s Film Festival 2012 (Pakistan ).
- 29. Jagran Film Festival 2012 (India ).
- 30. IGNITE Short Film Festival 2013, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.India
- 31. 6th Filmsaaz, an International film festival of short films and documentaries 2013. (India ).
- 32. Tinsukia Orange Film Festival 2013
- 33. ICONOCLAST-2013 National short film festival Mumbai (India )
- 34. 6th Goa Marathi Film Festival 2013 (India)
- 35. The Art Factory: Sunday Flix, A new independent film series 2013 Paterson, NJ (USA)
- 36. Malabar Short Film Festival 2013, Calicut (India)
- 37. International Film Festival Of Kanyakumari 2013 (India)
- 38. No Gloss Film Festival 2013, Leeds, UK.
- 39. Lakecity International Short Film Festival 2013 (India)
- 40. South Texas Underground Film Festival 2013, Texas (USA)
- 41. Free Spirit Film Festival 2013, McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh (India )
- 42. 17th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2013 (Canada)
- 43. The 9th Annual Free Spirit Film Festival 2013, McLeod Ganj ( India )
- 44. Midnapore International Film Festival 2013, West Bengal (India)
- 45. 4th International Random Film Festival 2013, Garpenberg (Sweden )
- 46. 2nd Shaan-e-awadh International Film Festival 2013 Lucknow, India.
- 47. Navi Mumbai International Film Festival 2014 Navi Mumbai, India.
- 48. 9th Children’s India International Children’s Film Festival 2014, Bangalore (India).
- 49. Darbhanga International Film Festival 2014, Darbhanga (India).
- 50. Barshi Short Film Festival 2014 (India).
- 51. Warnanagar Short Film Festival 2014 (India )
- 52. 5th National Show of Independent Cinema “Otros Cines”, San Nicolas (Argentina) 2014.
- 53. 1st Maharashtra Short Film Festival 2014 (India).
- 54. 1st Goa Short Film Festival 2014 (India).
Director’s Biography –
Santosh Ram is an Indian Director, Screenwriter and Producer based in Pune. His Filmography includes Vartul (Circle) 2009, Galli (The Lane) 2015 and Prashna (Question ) 2020.He has done his Post Graduation in English Literature. He developed an appreciation for cinema while studying Literature. He has participated in Film Appreciation Course conducted by National Film Archive of India in collaboration with Film and Television Institute of India 2006 . He Participated in a six month Film making course conducted by Cinefusion , Pune . He was selected for a Six Month course in City Narratives In Cinema and Literature conducted by Majlis and Max Mueller Bhavan , Mumbai .His debut Short film, Vartul (Circle) traveled to over Fifty-Six Film Festivals across the world including 11th Osian’s Cine fan Film Festival, New Delhi (India), International Documentary and Short Film Festival Of Kerala and 17th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Canada), Winning Thirteen Awards .The film is inspired by a true event that moulded his religious, social and political ideology while growing up.His Second Short Film Galli (Short) 2015 – Selection in over Twelve Film Festivals across the world. He is one of the Curators For 11th Vibgyor Film Festival 2016 Thirussur (India). Prashna ( 2020) is shortlisted for Filmfare short Film Awards 2020 and Fifteen film festivals all over the World winning 5 Awards .
Credits –
Story , Screenplay, Direction – Santosh Ram
Producer – Ramchandra Pundlikrao Marewad
Executive Producer – Balaji Ramchandra Marewad
Editor – Vinod Gama Borate
Cinematography– Pravin Mokal
Music -Shrirang Umrani
Art Director –Santosh Sankhad
Re-recording– Mahesh Limaye
Cast –
Aswini Giri , Chinmay Patwardhan , Ajinkya Bhise , Kalian Gadgil , Aakash Giri , Shivam Chetan Moray , Anant Shankar Salunke , Jayesh Dikhale , Rohan Choudhari , Karan Lokhande , Shailesh Shankar Kulkarni ,Vinod Anand Kamble ,Vijay Kadam ,Sangharsha Santosh Sankahd
External links
- Vartul at IMDb
- http://misalpav.com/node/15564
- http://montagefilmsociety.wordpress.com/2011/04/
- http://www.loksatta.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29034%3A2009-12-03-19-26-11&Itemid=1
- http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-5063405,prtpage-1.cms
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGb4Dgv5j1Y
- http://www.deccanherald.com/content/27577/vartul-screened-osians-cinefan-film.html
- http://www.punesite.com/vartul-to-be-screened-at-8th-third-eye-asian-film-fest.html
- http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-01/pune/28100066_1_short-film-damu-full-length-feature-films
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34_jH_3RZFw
- http://magiclanternfoundation.org/blog/2010/12/12th-madurai-international-documentary-short-film-festival-2010/
- http://www.ffsi.in/pdf/SCREENING%20SCHEDULE.pdf
- http://www.anandvarala.com/?cat=28
- http://marathishortfilmfest.in/en/schedule.html
- http://www.maduraiatfingertips.com/forum/index.php?topic=24.0
- http://iffk.in/idsffk2011/
- http://www.screenindia.com/news/zee-talkies-film-released/510207/
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article1128446.ece
- http://www.scriptfilmfest.in/images/List%20of%20Shortlisted%20Films.pdf
- http://www.indiantelevision.com/aac/y2k9/aac520.php
- http://www.indiareadyreckoner.com/2010/03/fourth-national-short-and-documentary.html
- http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/64009.html
- http://www.keralafilm.com/new_1.htm
- http://giffindia.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=136&Itemid=14
- http://www.noglossfilmfestival.co.uk/2013-programme/
- http://www.noglossfilmfestival.co.uk/watch-vartul-india-by-santosh-ram-
- http://www.southtexasundergroundfilm.com/
- http://www.noglossfilmfestival.co.uk/watch-vartul-india-by-santosh-ram-trailer/
- http://dearcinema.com/news/bombay-talkies-open-17th-toronto-reel-asian-international- film-festival/5020
- http://www.undergroundfilmjournal.com/2013-south-texas-underground-film-festival-official-lineup
- https://moviefc.com/?title=Vartul+%28Circle%29
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